Thursday, 22 December 2011

Driving Home for Christmas?

Zaki and I are `home`! We have left baba (daddy) in Marrakech to work over Christmas and New Year while we stay at my mum`s in Somerset in South West England until mid January.

We left Saturday and flew into London. Here`s my first sight of England for 7 months. You can just see the southern coastline under that amazing cloud which towered upward.

Gatwick airport wasn`t going to make the same mistakes as last year and seemed prepared. These were a fraction of the snowplows keeping guard.

We stayed a couple of nights with my bestie Liz and her family (including my Godson) in West London.

My mum`s Christmas tree with ornament donated by Liz

and Zaki had a blast at the Natural History museum on Sunday, where I was dragged around by him so that my arms were pulled out of their sockets - he was that excited. How many times did I hear, "Look mummy!! Come on!"?
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Zaki entranced by an oviraptor`s head

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Bestie Liz and Godson James next to Dippy

﻿﻿﻿﻿Despite feeling decidedly under the weather, it was the best afternoon someone had had for a long time!

On Monday morning we braved the London commuters and got tut tutted as we shuffled slowly across the concourse of Waterloo station with our suitcases to catch our early train.

Now we are home and have sat happily in front of a roaring fire, eaten mince pies, done a spot of shopping and relaxed. While missing hubby, it is lovely to be here.

Today`s claim to fame is that I look like I`m one of the last if not the last to receive my tablerunner from Susan`s Modern Christmas Tablerunner Swap. Sadly, I had to leave Marrakech without it. While I have absolutely no idea where it`s coming from I have a feeling it`s going to be worth the wait.

The good news is that while I have no luck usually in giveaways (apart from winning my lovely bloggy friend Di`s giveaway back in the summer) and am no friend of Mr Random, I was chosen by him as the Free Motion winner for the Duo QAL hosted by Rhonda and Rachel. Woo hoo. Nothing. Absolutely nothing to do with the fact I was one of 3 entrants! Thank you Rhonda and Rachel - I am absolutely thrilled to have won.

For those who really are driving home for Christmas, this one is for you... (my mum has just said, "You`re not putting that awaful song on your blog are you?"

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MERRY MERRY to you and yours.I was just thinking of you and your post magically appeared on my sidebar.Send my best wishes to your mother.Claudia arrives tomorrow and in the morning I'm hosting some Finnish people I met through my blog when we lived in Morocco!What a small world it is.Love to all!

Ahh, there you are, was getting worried! Glad you both(?!) has such fun at the Natural History Museum, and that you're now home, safe and sound. I'll be driving my gran down to mum and dad's tomorrow. I don't really think of it as home though, as they moved towards the end of my time at uni, and I've never actually lived there.

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Originally from the UK, I now live in the beautiful city of Marrakech, Morocco along with my wonderful husband and gorgeous but cheeky 5 year old son. When not helping to run our riad in the medina (old town), I'm discovering a passion for quilting, I'm a keen amateur photographer, I love cooking and enjoy making jewelry using semi-precious stones and silver.